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Access an entire reference library on your desktop!
Search hundreds of reference works from the library's website
September 4, 2007
Contact:
- Brandon Barnett, Electronic Resources Librarian, 503.988.6112
- Penny Hummel, Public Relations, 503.988.5498
PORTLAND, OR – For 24/7 access from home or work to the very best informational resources available, check out the library's newest collection of e-books: the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Offering over 1,400 of the most acclaimed reference books in print, this online collection makes it easy to consult many of the high-quality sources that previously were available only in print at Central Library.
- Among the many searchable titles are the most recent editions of:
- College Blue Book
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
- American Men and Women of Science
- Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook
- Literary Themes for Students
The Gale Virtual Reference Library provides authoritative information from digitized encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources. Visitors can search the entire collection by keyword or browse each volume using an interactive table of contents. Search results can even be translated into seven languages, including Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
To access the Gale Virtual Reference Library, visit the library's Research website at www.multcolib.org/ref. All you need is a library card and a topic you'd like to learn more about.